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Saturday, 14 May 2011

Funny looking Cub bit?

This has been in my box of Cub spares and I've never really looked at it - never really needed spares (oops that's temping fate!) but I thought it was about time I had a proper sort out of what's in there. So what is it and what is it from? No prizes, just the sheer satisfaction of being able to enlighten GBC and further expand her knowledge of old bike bits.

14 comments:

"Semi-unit construction" pops into my head. Wonder if it could be from a BSA A7. Googled "semi-unit construction" and that is one of the things that came up...of course they showed the primary side of the engine,so couldn't see much of the gearbox. A friend has some old Villiers motors that also were of Semi-unit construction with the gearbox bolted to the back of motor...rather than fixed with plates.At any rate, someone out there wants that.

It's a gearbox of some sort. I know very little about old British bikes, but I believe that Enfield gearboxes bolted to the engine, so it could be one of those. No doubt someone else will be along soon with the correct answer.

It looks quite like a Villers 2T gearbox, its got the cut out for the carb at the top, but the frame mounts are different.... I'll dig a bit further.Terrier plungers, they look like they might be the same as the plunger Bantam, if they are Bantam parts might be easier to find, just a thought.